Many a teenage girl has grown up watching movies showing a tomboyish, nondescript or even unattractive protagonist undergo a makeover and turn into a head-turning beauty. It’s every girl’s dream. But why? And just what is Hollywood’s beauty ideal?
Filmmaker Sue Ding takes a deep dive into over a hundred years of film history to compose this humorous but alarming visual essay co...
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Many a teenage girl has grown up watching movies showing a tomboyish, nondescript or even unattractive protagonist undergo a makeover and turn into a head-turning beauty. It’s every girl’s dream. But why? And just what is Hollywood’s beauty ideal?
Filmmaker Sue Ding takes a deep dive into over a hundred years of film history to compose this humorous but alarming visual essay comprising countless clips from nearly a hundred films that all present precisely the same image. She calls up her girlfriends on the phone and together they re-examine what they found so irresistible about specific scenes, and what they now regard as problematic. Why were the stars of the show always white and thin? Why did they make such an issue out of food, wearing glasses and having frizzy hair?
With a blend of criticism and self-deprecating humor, the kaleidoscopic images and commentary arrive at an alarming conclusion: “normal” women, women of color and people who identify as queer are totally absent. Money is always the holy grail. And how come it’s always an older, wealthier, white man who’s in charge?
源自：https://festival.idfa.nl/en/film/e6cd089c-4c04-4903-8bd9-91b78e78ffaf/makeover-movie/
#Austin Asian American Film Festival 2024 - Where I Belong Shorts - Texas Premiere
非常犀利准确的吐槽，中间对移民问题的切入点也很合适。只是绝大部分用的都是其他电影的混剪，这样是否削弱了短片的电影属性？在形式上实在是无法认可其为一部电影/短片，感觉更贴近video essay。
Makeover Movie的短评 · · · · · · ( 全部 3 条 )
0 有用 伤心电磁炉 看过 2024-07-02 13:35:34 美国
#Austin Asian American Film Festival 2024 - Where I Belong Shorts - Texas Premiere 非常犀利准确的吐槽，中间对移民问题的切入点也很合适。只是绝大部分用的都是其他电影的混剪，这样是否削弱了短片的电影属性？在形式上实在是无法认可其为一部电影/短片，感觉更贴近video essay。
0 有用 嘿哈 看过 2024-07-18 14:12:59 江苏
so fun <3
0 有用 癫狂莴苣 看过 2024-10-25 10:04:47 美国
剪的好